Born in 1923, when Warren G. Harding was president of the United States, Winnie, as friends and family call her, grew up in Cleveland and Parma.

She says her parents and four siblings were all of normal size and stature. Winnie never married or had children but was career-driven, receiving a degree at case Western Reserve University and eventually her masters in psychology.

"And I worked for the Federal Reserve bank as a research assistant and then 25-years later, I went to the Veterans' Administration."